Blue Bell - the Flavors of the Best Ice Cream in the Country

Blue Bell Creameries is one of the top three selling ice-cream brands in the US, despite the fact their ice cream is only sold in 14 states. Based in Brenham, Texas, Blue Bell once produced ice cream at the rate of two gallons a day. Since then the Blue Bell's operations have expanded tremendously and the quality of their ice cream hasn't changed one bit. When you're done trying the rest, you'll come back to the best - Blue Bell Ice Cream!

Blue Bell Creameries is the manufacturer of Blue Bell brand ice cream, made since 1911. Its corporate headquarters are at the "Little Creamery" in Brenham, Texas. Started in an abandoned cotton gin in 1907, the company today has over 3,500 employees and produces ice cream, frozen dietary desserts, nonfat frozen yogurt, sherbet, and frozen snacks, including Blue Bell Ice Cream Sandwiches, Snickers, Nestle's Crunch, and Eskimo Pie. The company's best ice cream flavor, Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla, is the best-selling single flavor of ice cream in the US.

In the beginning Blue Bell Creameries only made butter, but by 1911, the company made a gallon or two of ice cream a day. They packed it in a large wooden tub with ice and salt and delivered it by horse and wagon to a few of our friends and neighbors around Brenham. Blue Bell ice cream had to be pretty special back then because everybody made their own. The little creamery really began to grow when it traded the horse and wagon for a horseless carriage in the late 1920's. By 1930, the company had become Blue Bell Creameries and was on its way. A lot has changed at Blue Bell Creameries since 1907 but it's still the best in the country.

From the beginning, Blue Bell Creameries has been preoccupied with the homemade taste of our ice cream. So much so that they have people whose only job is to taste every flavor of Blue Bell to make sure it's perfect. However, everyone from the Chairman on down is fastidious about the special taste of the ice cream. Obviously, the preoccupation with taste has paid off because Blue Bell is considered the best ice cream in the country.Blue Bell Creameries rotates flavors to create a variety of tastes. Each year the company introduces lots of exciting new flavors.

By retiring some of the old ones, they make room for the new. Blue Bell ice cream is made the old fashioned, traditional way, so it tastes just like it was homemade in a hand cranked freezer. The company only uses the finest milk, cream, sugar and other ingredients money can buy and they top it off with the special skills and knowledge the company's perfected over the years. The result is something special, the best ice cream, as many people call it.

Because Blue Bell Creameries is always coming up with new flavors, people are anxious to know what the company is cranking out next and when their favorite flavor is coming back. The creamery's philosophy isn't to make every flavor as fast as they can though. It's to make it as good as they can. So, if you can't find your favorite flavor, be patient. They'll be cranking it out as soon as the fruit is harvested.

In addition to ice cream, the company sells yogurt, frozen treats, sherbet, and low-fat and sugar-free ice creams. Blue Bell is slowly expanding from its strong regional base surrounding Texas, but retains total control of production and distribution.

One bite into Blue Bell and you'll know why folks all over consider it the best ice cream in the country. Blue Bell is not just an ice cream. It's a truly wonderful experience.

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